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Dive into NetworkChuck's latest adventure as he tackles the chaos of his server room, transforming it from a tangled mess into an organized masterpiece with the help of Patchbox. Watch as he shares practical tips on server management, cable organization, and the importance of maintaining a clean IT environment. Whether you're a seasoned IT professional or just starting out, this video is packed with valuable insights and humor to keep you engaged. Don't miss the before-and-after transformation and learn how to avoid common server room pitfalls!
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*00:00* - Intro: The Messy Server Room
*00:43* - The Wake-Up Call: Thatchbox Sponsor
*01:30* - Community Server Room Disasters
*02:30* - Project Overview: Cleaning the Server Room
*03:45* - Initial Steps: Fixing Patch Panels
*05:00* - Rewiring Ethernet Cables
*06:30* - Struggles with Patch Panels
*08:00* - Moving Equipment During Work Hours
*09:30* - Unboxing the Patchbox
*11:00* - Installing DevMounts and Patchbox
*13:00* - Replacing the UniFi Switch
*14:30* - Configuring the New MicroTik Switch
*16:00* - Setting Up 80 Gig Connection
*18:00* - Cable Cleanup Begins
*19:30* - Moving Servers and UPS with Help
*21:00* - Configuring Cisco Switch with Intertooth
*23:00* - Final Cable Management and RGB Lights
*25:00* - The Big Reveal: Clean Server Room
*27:00* - Viewer Submissions: Server Room Disasters
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Dive into NetworkChuck's latest adventure as he tackles the chaos of his server room, transforming it from a tangled mess into an organized masterpiece with the help of Patchbox. Watch as he shares practical tips on server management, cable organization, and the importance of maintaining a clean IT environment. Whether you're a seasoned IT professional or just starting out, this video is packed with valuable insights and humor to keep you engaged. Don't miss the before-and-after transformation and learn how to avoid common server room pitfalls!
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Chuck literally saving my marriage. “You see honey? If it happens to Chuck it can happen to anyone”. 😂
How about a video regarding IRP, BCP & DRP?
Do you have one?
wow that's nice mate, looks good.
Hey Chuck, would you be interested in making a video on how to set up a honeypot? Cowrie's a good choice and it has a docker image
ever heard of a patch cable?
"What's a dev mount?"
"Devil Mountain?"
Sometimes working in /dev is like climbing the devils mountain
@@SM-1010 Only if you are also attempting to climb the Ballmer Peak at the same time. Drink and code responsibly!
That contain Linux device drivers.
Make the LEDs green while everything is ok. Orange for warnings. Red for errors. Blinking red for fire. 😎
that already exists its a switch (ltt) gaming van
@@jam.bear.alldayNewer Ubiquiti UniFi switches (UniFi Switch Pro Max) has a feature called Etherlighting.
I think we have all been there.... Pour documentation, unlabeled wires... it get out of control quick and it can cost money!
I actually use netbox at work and it’s so good
Costs so much money it's dumb and it isn't equipment money either. Labor money costs way more than equipment money even though they're both money lol 😅 (edit) it's seriously something like for every minute you save by doing it the quick easy way, it's gonna cost you at least ten minutes to fix the right way later... So 15 quick fixes you save 15 min now and lost 3hr in 12 months from now, something like it.
Wanted to tell you to use netbox for documentation as well, but kim Beat me to it 😅
Its easy to install with docker. You can backup the database. And if you want smth to be changed in the racks you can plan it in the software before you change any hardware by labeling it as planned. That way you could also plan changes with ur team, so Alex has to move cables😂 oh, hi Alex 😊
I was laughing so hard at your kid's comments. "just say no to cage nuts, daddy."
don't be embarrassed, I've seen FAR FAR WORSE, so don't take it to heart Chuck
i hope nobody will ever see my old setup
I was a network dev/analyst/grunt for 7 years before switching teams, and when I tell you that third hand dev mount device both brought back nightmare memories, and made me exceedingly jealous... That should be a grad gift for everyone when they leave an IT program, or get hired to a department. It's by far the best tech gadget I've ever seen, and I'm so sad to only learn about it now that I'm in a new tech life! Incredible!
Fun fact for anyone who doesn't work in the industry. The thing the patch panels lead to are called data drops. Also, if you really want your cable management under control, try Panduit (or similar) cable managers. Ladder management running from one rack to the other may be helpful as well. Also, when moving a UPS, pull out the battery first. It's like 2/3rds of the UPS's weight. I would highly recommend doing all of this during a maintenance window as well.
And use velcro cable ties so you can easily undo them if you need to replace a dead cable.
xoxoxo
I would get rid of any patch panel i could, straight runs from device to device is soooo much easier to troubleshoot when needed. I manage an ISP.
"Say no to cage nuts, daddy" GOLDEN!
For next build add some velcro zip ties, much easier to just undo them and redo them where needed.
Yes ! Velcro . . lots of Velcro
I was coming here to say the same thing lol there will always be a need to add or subtract cabling. Saves your cables too
The monster in the corner is the END USER we all love LMAO.
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Cheapest Patchbox- £650. Lovely bits of kit, it seems, but £650 for making my 19" rack pretty is more than I am willing to pay.
You could buy cases of different sized (and colored) patch cables for far less than that. It's nifty, but anyone who has to deal with cabling and cabinets probably has drawers of various sized patch cables. And if not, spend the $ on stocking up on those instead. It won't take up a rack unit either.
A fully populated PATCHBOX System comes with a frame and preloaded with 24 cable cassettes. For smaller needs, you can just buy a frame, and as many cable cassettes as you need (eg: 6 blue, 3 red, 2 white, 1 green and maybe a couple fibre cassettes). Less cost if you don’t need all 24 cassettes.
Yeah, way too expensive. But im eyeing that 3rd hand. That would of helped me countless of times
@@rschraderstill far too expensive. Their cheapest frame the 365, plus 8 cassettes will cost a little over $300 USD. A patch panel and 5 10 packs of multicolor mono price slim run cat6a patch cables ranging from 0.5 to 5ft will cost you around $115 USD. Patch box is more than 2.5x the cost with less cables. It only gets worse the more blades you add.
The only way this makes sense is if you are company that needs to rearrange their server room on a regular basis, and you would have to pay an IT guy a boatload of money per hour so the time saved makes it worth it. That is a very unusual and specific scenario.
Pro tip. If you are running redundant power supplies to redundant backup power use one color cable for redundant backup A and another for B.
This way you don't accidentally plug both power supplies into the same backup power. Luckily this is a lesson I learned from somebody else's mistake.
Having an A and B side powerrail to the rack helps alot
New CIO did a surprise visit at a site, looked at the patch panel and fired the network guy.
Within the next week, across a hundred or so offices, more unpaid network team overtime and more under the radar changes occurred than at any time in the companies history.
You have never seen so many shining patch panels.
Turns out the network guy has been fired for inappropriate use of a company corp card and inappropriate use of the girl from payroll in the break room.
Those keystones for the patch panel are easier than you made it. That "dust cover" punches the cables for you. 😉
Not all keystones do that.
Interestingly, I've never seen those before. I have a tool kinda like pliers that you snap the keystone into, then put the wires in it and squeeze. Presses the wires in cuts the xtra off.
Documenting all of your server room is annoying , but SO WORTH IT. If youre ever starting a new project it is such a lifesaver. Your future you will thank you 🙏
Love this content! Every single video is really fun and super helpful!
Keep up the amazing work.
Hi, just a heads up, with having UPS batteries, they perform at their best between 20-25c rather than chilling in their boots. I've set my server room to 20c and it feels quite chill and fresh (and no more noisy) on warm summer days. No temp alarms from anything.
The patchbox and 2 x 40Gb switch look sweet. It's amazing the transformation you managed to make, massive props.
8:11 oh look a taser 😂
lil sis was too excited about that one
Beautiful. Bought tears to my eyes
LOL wasn't bragging to hard the rack is clean. Appreciate you looking at the network rack I built out
Hi Alex, thanks for helping Chuck Keith with that mess. I'm Brazilian and I love to see cable management transformations, "before and after".
I'm 57, Grandpa. You're doing a fine job, @Network Chuck. At least, I think so. That subtle humility you have is... guard it well, brother.
Your daughters jump into "it's so shine-ay" made me involuntarily finish the song.
Sincerely,
Another networking dad
Little tip for the setup.exe one side has rubber and the other doesn't. This is intentional as it allows you to use to it to slide in equipment vs set in equipment depending on the installation style. Also, the new/current model has two different styles of those spring studs so that you can switch for the threaded racks or the cage nut style racks.
Hi, Alex! Welcome to the team! Chuck's a network goon to the max, y'all are all awesome and I'm glad you have a TH-cam for us all to see what you do and learn (better habits) from you!
Velcro straps all the way roughly you can find 100pk for usually around $5-1$10, zip ties is asking for something to go wrong, then you gotta cut them, find more, and then you have cables hanging free again. It helps we we have to pull a cable out or add new ones, undo velcro, pull, put back in. Undo velcro pull slack or loop out of service loops put them back on. I had to redo all of our racks and it definetly helps having velcro instead of zip ties in the cabinets.
Having worked at a data center, I know nothing beats the feeling after finishing cable managing ugly messes lol
Nice job Chuck, been there, still doing that. You need to get some cable tray to go between racks and rack to wall. It will support the wires and also stabilize the racks some more. For us plebes who can't afford those posh PatchBox thingys, the newer Cat6 thin patch cables help clean up the mess a bit, especially in dense MDF's and IDF's. I keep a supply with several colors and lengths, but yea, there always seems to be a few 25 footers spanning 2 feet.
Am I the only one who loves redoing and fixing these kind of racks? My only requirement would be that I get a maintance window, I got a couple of before and after pics from my work and my colleagues LOVE it.
Hey NetworkChuck, I first started to watch your videos when I was 15! btw im 18 now and I wanna say i really like your Videos!
My home rack is IMMACULATE!!!
...and no I will absolutely not be providing photos of what it looked like before I spent 6 hours re-building it and cleaning it 2 weeks ago...
I saw your linkedIn post and was eagerly waiting for a video on this...! :p I absolutely love your content, keep up the good work, big fan
I've been waiting for this video for so long. it was amazing.
I have a NAS server powered by a Raspberry Pi and It looks more enjoyable to set it up than your server. But either way thanks for the vid! Keep the good work!
Nice, how much storage did you end up attaching? I have a pi as well but I’m looking at some other builds
I want to build a nas server using raspberry Pi any suggestions that I should keep in mind?
Also to ash_tray. I have a raspberry pi 5 8gb ram running Open Media Vault attached to 20tb, and am about to to a big upgrade to 100tb that should work fine. I've had my 20tb setup for 1-2 years and it works perfect. The raspberry pi can serve up 4k videos over my network, tested with 2 different routers. Very easy to set up, and plenty of easy to follow TH-cam tutorials on OMV. If you do go this route let me know if you have any questions
Same here, any suggestions on how to set up a NAS server with a Raspberry Pi?
I did a NAS on a pi 5 with the m2 hat. It was super easy to install open media vault. I set it up with 1TB native and s 4TB SSD plugged into one of the 3.0 USB ports. Great write speeds!
love this video a lot - thanks man
This gives me so much hope not to mention DO IT RIGHT FIRST :P
Been there, done that. It's a pain but gratifying when its all looking good.
The way you make videos is great, I've been following your channel for a while and it is majestic how subscriber count is swelling
20 years ago I worked for a telecom where I was building out server rooms, we were paid hourly so the cat5 trunks we installed were works of art. Very aesthetically pleasing.
This was my life for 10 years, I understand all your frustrations so well. I was like Déjà Vu watching this...
Well, I feel the pain. Recently I have changed my old-style patch panel with keystones to new one with double female ethernet ports. Had to redo all cable ends with RJ45 but now it's like a dream. I can disconnect everything in no time!
The level of hours you put into each video (editing, production, etc.) is insane. I'm just stopping by to tell you that I love the dynamics of the channel, all of us who are in IT go through these situations. Our children know it too hahaha.
Hi Alex. Great video Chuck 👍 Enjoyed from beginning to end … soooooo relatable.
Gotta say, I've had customer closets😢 that I was ashamed to bring peers into for side jobs because they were such a wreck, but the client wasn't willing to pay to clean it up, and I'd inherited the problem, and figured it out over time. So I wasn't giving up a weekend for free to fix something they'd been building for years.
To be fair, I tried to keep anything new clean and managed, but it was truly a drop in the bucket
Last semester we had networking class, and on the last week they showed us the university's server room... Well, it was a mess, way worse than yours at the beginning, so I asked:
- How do you know which cable goes where?
The answer was:
- Well, we don't know, we see it in software...
-I was the Civilian technician of a Brazilian Air Force Data Center with about 12 2 meter racks complete with about 100 Servers, several KVMs, Modems, Routers Switches.
-I basically did all the racks for a year, in fact there were 7 at the beginning but other sectors were going to throw in garbage their old racks away and I took them, revitalized all in then, the electrical, ventilation and wired the network and did it.
-Oh, this is a paradise comparing, imagine trying to crawl under a raised floor full of dust and rats crap and passing huge groups of network and fiber optic cables and then having them placed on the rack in the pachts and identifying everything...?!?!?
-I already got screwed a lot before I was the senior Cloud engineer working from my home office that I am today.
I have the worst one. Basement server room. Raised floor, but only 6 inches raised. 30 years spaghetti connections. Insert sewer backup. Before we lifted the first floor panel we knew what was going on. The sewage level was almost above the floor with waste floating by. Carefully replaced the panel, notified management, called hazmat team. None of us were willing to work on anything below knee level even after it was all replaced.
Jeesh thanks Chuck. I am here watching your video in the dark and crapped my switch so hard. That's the last time I install too much fiber into my network.
I had soo many flashbacks to my younger years in server rooms. Epic fun video 😂 Hi Alex 👋🏻
I'm to OCD to get there 😁😁 Good luck. PatchBox is awesome I love them.
That's an awesome server room setup! Kudos for putting the time in, it's not an easy job 😅
You're the best IT youtuber.
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I work in a school system, and when there were some heavy UPS’s to get out of a rack, we got some boxes of heavy books from the library, and that makes a great support to put in front of where you’re pulling out the heavy item.
HI ALEX! Chuck, they make tools to hold the keystone jacks while you're punching them down, bro! That's why I like the toolless ones, Panduit makes great toolless keystone jacks.
Ethernet cassettes though, that is like the coolest thing I've seen next to the cage nut killers, dude that's huge like Godzilla huge. FINAL PRODUCT IS SOOOO AWESOME CHUCK! GOOD WORK! U did it so right it's Sic!
The end result looks amazing. So much cleaner.
Its been wild road for me, been doing structured cabling for a year or so routing cables, patch panels and cat6 terminations including keystones. Now i find myself trying to get into CCNA and this video pops up!
Sweet Chuck! looks really good
Sr network engineer - 2x40Gb doesn't = 80Gb in a port-channel. It'll load balance, but will only ever be a max throughput of 40Gbps.
I'm currently implementing Cisco ACI in hospital datacenters - each leaf has 2x100Gb uplinks, but they're L3 using vxlan under the hood. Freaking cool stuff!
The leaves are 93360s and the spines are 9504s and 9508s
Chuck, amazing video as always!
LOL those dead eyes when you say "just reboot". Been there. life sucks ^_^
sometimes it needs a second reboot, because after the first the new changes are not applied yet
also just a tip, instead of using zip ties, use Velcro straps, will make things a lot easier.
I am known as the guy that gives cool but difficult project ideas, and i was thinking, Chuck, would you like replacing the led strips on your racks with addressable ones, illuminating the status of each tray? ie, on this tray, there is this server, which is online, so it glows green. when its down, green turns to red. if for some reason there is a fault, the red is flashing like an alarm. if it is under maintenance, it glows orange. something like that.
I believe that you can do it with wled (esp32 based FW) or a rpi.
just saying.. i think that you;d like that. i'm sure us fans will appreciate the content...
Hey Alex welcome to the team hope you enjoy coffee lol. :) seriously good luck 🍀 on the new job :)
Hi Alex! congrats on your new job with Chuck!
hi alex, thank you in advance for helping chuck.
My ocd as an ex server tech kicked in looking at your servers 😅 now it looks amazing and so clean.
Very pretty! Great video Chuck
Amazing transformation.
2:59 - "Score the sheath" - this is where often, the tool will oh so gently cut into one or two strands and leave you with 100mbit connection instead of 1gb =)
15:57 - That glossy look, haunted glossy look of someone who spent a lot of time and it started working, but not in a satisfactory way...
18:09 - Yeah, remove everything - drives, power supplies - this helps a lot
He wasn't vaping he was adding mood for that fim noir feel.
Nice work! I always sucked at cable management. I mean I could initially set something up reasonably organized at first but it always became a mess over time then the inevitable "we have to take the company down for a whole weekend to re0organize this mess" would happen. Even worse at my current job, its a 24/7 shop so there is literally NO good time to "take the network down" for a couple days. :/ before we relocated the small datacenter out of state what I had inherited was cable spaghetti nightmare!
Hi Alex!, Hi Mike! You guys seem like great additions to the channel! Excited to see more of Alex and Great editing Mike very funny stuff! Hope to see you both on the channel again soon 20:53
these edits got me weak hahaha, amazing video!
I love the Patchbox kit, but you aren't fooling me installing the dev/mnt 'for the first time' underneath the patchbox installed using dev/mnts . dev/mnts are a game changer as long as your cabs are standard fitting size they just clip right in, no more bloody finger nails/lost nuts/struggle to hold kit whilst lining up the screw etc etc just stick em in slide your kit onto the the bolts and just screw on the nuts. So simple, so much win.
Oh I have the exact same MikroTik Switch and love it, I am the middle of moving away from Copper Cables and moving over to OM4 LC-LC Fibre Cables.
I will also say all my CAT 45 Cables were all over the place too.
Also those QSFP Ports are either 4x10Gbit or 1x40Gbit, but you might have to hard set them due to I had to do that.
Wow, bro. First few seconds made me cry lol
Hi Alex you will love your new job and working with the god of networking.
17:03
Just stop saying that!! You're are not stupid! You just rushed into installing everything...😅😅😅😅
Great videos man! Like the simplicity and honesty, hey we all do mistakes and learn from it! 👍👌
As a licenced cabler Chuck, I have definitely seen worse mate 👍
But that Patchbox looks like a nice piece of kit !
shutting 1 server down, is nerve racking, taking everyone down at once to fix wiring, makes my head explode. Just did it 3 weeks ago. I always enjoy you videos, until today. it has been 3 weeks, you made me look at the rack! Damm, its only been 3 weeks! don't worry, still liked it!!!
Also i would recommend the ICC RJ45 EZ and HD Keystones with their ICC EZ/HD crimper, what a time saver that thing is
So reminded me of my recent experience with rewiring my 1961 German house. A literal nightmare 😫, but I managed to get most of it done.
When I did initial builds of rack wiring, it was always clean, neat, tie wrapped and labeled. Over time though. Temporary connections happened. "Temporary" somehow became more permanent, and I always would "get back to it" when I had the chance. So, I sympathize. The other thing that happened, was that I documented the initial build with design and asbuilt diagrams, with labels. The temps would only sometimes get hand written on the diagrams, of course because they were "temporary" and "didn't need to be documented." (Kidding myself of course.)
So, enjoyed the video. I did feel your pain, but I find my self watching like a suspenseful movie. with coffee instead of popcorn.
Cable management is awesome!
This was a great video! I wish I was there to help! Hey Alex!
woot woot my servers got featured at the end! lol that wire that was hanging was from my soldering iron.
My IT room has earned the illustrious title of the Spaghetti Room, where cables weave a tangled tapestry of tech adventures!
Wow the kids are growing😂 good luck buddy, but remember to take the time but you know that.
such a nice father-daughter moment
we got to see the before and afterwards looks good man.
That rack looks positively organized compared to the NOC where I used to work.
Hi Alex nice to see you on this channel. :)
hi Alex! Nice to see you! Welcome 🙂!
This is a documentary on tech debt. Thanks for sharing your journey - it's amazing to know we aren't alone!
Huge improvement, but missing one thing. A cable management basket for the QSPF cable between the racks that is secured into the roof or above racks to house cabling above head.
"Just Say No To Cage Nuts Daddy" - That's a new novelty t-shirt for sure.
Great video ❤
Love your content
We have also just transformed cable hell into a dream castle made of cables. 700 patch panels. Medium office server room. Now you look at it like a work of art and don't let anyone plug it in just like that. 🤣